Battery post and cable connection



Feb. 9,1937. C..E. HOOVER 2,070,336

BATTERY POST AND CABLE CONNECTION Filed Oct. 5, 1955 EHA'WLES 5. H05V57? Patented Feb. 9, 1937 UNITED it especially has relation STATESPATENT OFFICE aoiosss I BATTERY POST AND CABLE CONNECTION Charles E.Hoover, Lancaster, Pa. Application October 8, 1935, Serial No. 43,421 3Claims. ici. 113-259 My invention relates to storage batteries and tothe terminal posts thereof and means to connect a cable thereto.

Primarily, the invention has for its object to provide a battery post ofsuch construction as to receive and hold a bolt against turning andhaving a bolt hole in the post, a flat surface on of a flat wi-reterminal quick and efilcient way, a plane making to the planes of terybox.

the post also having one side to enable the securing element to the postin a the flat surface lying in an angle of approximately 45 the sidesand ends of the bat- Further, it is an object so to construct a batterypost and cable terminal end so that the same may be made of likematerial to prevent the connection being eaten up by corrosion.

Further, it is an object to provide a cable end to cooperate with thepost in a manner so as to obtain 'a full surface contact at all timeswithout using shims, thus reducing mum service to the mini- A furtherobject is to provide a battery "post and cable terminal combinationwhereby the cable end may be passed in with a clearance of all anydesired direction parts of the battery box,

including handles where such exist.

A further object is to pro vide a cable terminal member of suchconstruction that it is only neces- 30 sary to have one type of cableterminal for all purposes.

Other objects will in part be obvious and in part be pointed To theattainment of the out hereinafter.

aforesaid objects and ends the invention still further resides in thenovel details of construction,

all of which will be first arrangement of parts,

fully described in the following per se.

Figure combination and detailed descriply pointed out in the being hadto the acin which:

a portion of a battery of the battery post,

3 is an elevation of the same.

Figure 4 is a section substantially on th'e line 4-4 of Figure 1.

In the drawing, erence indicate represents the battery box, 3 theconiform neck of in which like parts in like numerals of refall of thefigures, l 2 the lid of the cell,

the lid and l the filler cap.

The battery post projects through the conii'orm neck of the lid andcomprises a base part 5, a

plate-connecting grid 8 hav ing dove-tail portions '1, also full linesFurthermore fumes and liquids will not electrolyte or escape of fumes.

in which the head of the bolt I4 is held against turning. The face I!lies in a plane making an angle of approximately 45 to the sides andends of the battery box I and the plates 8.

The cable terminal member comprises an eye I! and a socket l6, thelatter extending atan angle approximately 45 to the plane of the eye Iportion IS. The cable i1 is secured to the socket It by solder or in anyother desired way.

It will be seen from an inspection of Figure 1, that with my inventionit is possible to couple the cable to the battery post in any of anumber of positions, see dotted lines 13, C and D in Figure A in thatfigure.

Furthermore, the cable terminal end is adjustable a vertical plane abovethe horizontal.

Either face of the terminal eye llmay be laid against the battery postface I2 as may be found desirable, it being understood that the oppositefaces of the eye I! are parallel.

It will be seen that with my construction it is possible to take care ofcables of varying lengths on the axis of the bolt to any position in andpositions in the machine being serviced all made of lead or lead alloyand thus the metals in contact ,are of the same polarity and noelectrolytic. action will take place between them. corrode the cableterminal any more than the battery terminal and hence an accumulation ofoxide deposits will not affect the conductivity and efficiency of thedevice.

Insofar as this application may contain common subject-matter with thatfiled by me November 14, 1933, Serial No. 697,986 the present one is acontinuation thereof.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, it is thought the complete construction, operationand advantages of my invention will be readily understood by thoseskilled in the art.

What I claim is:

1. In a storage battery wherein is provided a box, the walls of whichare at right angles to one another, a battery plate terminal postextending above the box and having a fiat side the plane of which liesat an angle of approximately 45 to the sides of the box, a bolt holepassing through the flat faced portion of the post, all being arrangedsubstantially for the purposes described.

2. In a Storage battery wherein is provided .a box, the walls of whichare at right angles to one another, a battery plate terminal postextending above the box and having a fiat side the plane of which liesat an angle of approximately 45 to the sides of the box, a bolt holepassing through the flat faced portion of the post, in combination witha cable terminal comprising a cable socket and a flat faced aperturedextension, said extension projecting from the sockets axis to lie in aplane making an angle of approximately 45 with said axis, and a boltwith nut passing through said post and said flat faced extension for thepurposes described.

3. In a storage battery wherein is provided a box, the Walls of whichare at right angles to one another, a battery plate terminal postextending above the box and having a fiat side the plane of which liesat an angle of approximately 45 to the sides of the box, a bolt holepassing through the flat faced portion of the post, in combination witha cable terminal comprising a cable socket and a fiat faced aperturedextension, said extension projecting from the sockets

